Technical Efficiency of District Hospitals in Namibia

The Report on Efficiency of Public Hospitals in Namibia is produced to provide information on the status quo in efficiency of district hospitals. The report provides information on the state of the technical efficiency of district hospitals in Namibia using ratio and frontier techniques, namely data envelopment analysis. It indicates the efficiency savings that are expected from all the district hospitals and the required input use if each of the inefficient hospitals function as efficiently as their peers on the frontier. Furthermore, the basic concepts and methods of hospital efficiency measurement are discussed, thus, greatly contributing to the much needed capacity in the area of efficiency assessment in health care. [from preface]